Pronoun-Verb Agreement Practice
A Grade 8 ELA worksheet focusing on pronoun-verb agreement rules and practice.
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Pronoun-Verb Agreement Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet focuses on pronoun-verb agreement.
1. Which sentence demonstrates correct pronoun-verb agreement?
Each of the students have their own laptop.
Neither of the options is appealing.
Both she and I is going to the concert.
Everyone in the class were excited.
2. Identify the sentence with an error in pronoun-verb agreement.
Many of the books are damaged.
One of the apples is rotten.
Some of the water have spilled.
All of the cake was eaten.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
3. Neither of the students (know) the answer.
4. Everyone in the choir (sing) beautifully.
5. Both of my sisters (love) to read.
6. One of the cats (be) sleeping on the couch.
Indicate whether each statement about pronoun-verb agreement is True or False.
7. When 'each' or 'every' precedes a compound subject, the verb should be plural.
True
False
8. Collective nouns (e.g., team, family) always take a singular verb.
True
False
9. Explain the rule for pronoun-verb agreement when using indefinite pronouns like 'everyone' or 'nobody'.
10. Rewrite the following sentence to correct any pronoun-verb agreement errors: 'Neither the dogs nor the cat are allowed on the furniture.'
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